A Life Without Pain

Name: A Life Without Pain
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-03-12
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 6.8

2005
1h 13m

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Do you think a pain-free life sounds great? Think again. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN is an exploration into the day-to-day lives of three children who literally feel no pain. Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old Jamilah from Germany have a genetic defect so rare that it is shared by only a few hundred people in the world. Their parents must watch their every move, but even their vigilance hasn't shielded the girls from many serious, life-altering injuries. As filmmaker Melody Gilbert follows these families coping with this enormous challenge, we learn that pain is a gift that nobody wants, but none of us can do without.

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Documentarian Melody Gilbert follows the daily lives of three girls -- a 3-year-old Minnesotan, a 7-year-old Norwegian and a 10-year-old German -- who share an extremely rare disease: congen... Read allDocumentarian Melody Gilbert follows the daily lives of three girls -- a 3-year-old Minnesotan, a 7-year-old Norwegian and a 10-year-old German -- who share an extremely rare disease: congenital insensitivity to pain. Despite seeming like a possible blessing - sufferers cannot fe... Read allDocumentarian Melody Gilbert follows the daily lives of three girls -- a 3-year-old Minnesotan, a 7-year-old Norwegian and a 10-year-old German -- who share an extremely rare disease: congenital insensitivity to pain. Despite seeming like a possible blessing - sufferers cannot feel when they are burning their hands, cutting their feet, even a broken bone - so they lac... Read all